05-05-2016, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Calgary Syrian refugees give back with support for Fort McMurray evacuees
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We understand totally what they’re feeling because we’ve passed through the same situation—we lost everything in just one second, maybe not from burning, but it still feels the same, ” she said.
Khanchat recalls what she felt leaving behind childhood memories and precious wedding photos.
“My dearest items, everything,” she said. “You can’t replace them, and you will be very sad when you lose these things, even more then when you lose your windows and doors.”
Khanchat and her family along with other Syrian refugees and volunteers from the Syrian Refugee Support Group (SRSG) are putting together personal hygiene kits for evacuees.
Saima Jamal, co-founder of the SRSG said this is one of her proudest moments since starting the volunteer organization.
“These Syrians understand what it means to lose everything,” she said. “This is the proudest moment I have felt since helping these refugees resettle. To see them now so moved and so ready with whatever little they have to give back—it’s so touching.”
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http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary...-evacuees.html
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